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Businesses fail when they over-invest in what is at the expense of what could be.
Rarely has a U.S. president been so wrong about so much at the expense of so many.
The creature comforts we tend to rationalize as "business expenses I can write off."
My expenses are largely a fixed, sunken cost, regardless of how much revenue I earn.
For the most part, earnings and market value growth are a result of reduced expenses.
Clearly, any issues about breaching of expenses rules should be properly investigated.
No expense has been incurred but what has been approved of and provided for by Parliament.
Once we considered education a public expense; we know now that it is a public investment.
And there's no getting around the fact that all life lives at the expense of another life.
But principles defended at the expense of pragmatic application is the business of priests.
Distinction is an eminence that is attained but too frequently at the expense of a fireside.
The bonus for bankers fragilizes the system. Someone has the upside at the expense of others.
Anyone may fairly seek his own advantage, but no one has a right to do so at another's expense.
I was pursuing the inner path at the expense of the rest of my being and the rest of the world.
The state has typically been a device for producing affluence for a few at the expense of many.
For better or worse, there are few things so disarming as one who laughs well at her own expense.
If you stop and think about it, nearly all great humor is at the expense of someone or something.
I compulsively reach for perfection in music, often at the expense of everything else in my life.
Skeptics would rather, even at their own expense, appear to be right than take the risk of trusting.
It is the custom when praising a Russian writer to do so at the expense of all other Russian writers.
The public is not greatly interested in saving a little money on a purchase at the expense of service.
Look everywhere you can to cut a little bit from your expenses. It will all add up to a meaningful sum.
The objective is to enlarge the scope of your advantage which can only happen at someone else's expense.
Precious gems are profoundly buried in the earth and can only be extracted at the expense of great labor.
Newman has it all worked out. I get a million. He gets a million two, but that includes $200,000 expenses.
I have to have energy because I have a lot of expenses. A couple of cars, couple of dogs and a big estate.
How can I pay for dental care, doctors, the expenses of my homes or traveling. I have nothing to pay with.
Cults, or related social movements such as the Taliban in Afghanistan, result in massive military expenses.
In Bengal, Hindus are known to crack jokes at the expense of their gods and goddesses and that's what I did.
Illegal immigration costs taxpayers $45 billion a year in health care, education, and incarceration expenses.
Long gone are the days when hospital stays and surgeries made up the bulk of seniors' annual medical expenses.
I was, like, 22 years old. I had half a million dollars sitting in the bank. I had no expenses. Life was great.
Doing too much for others (often at their own expense), many persons are more 'human doings' than human beings.
You can't control income. It varies based on conditions outside of [your] control. But you can control expenses.
Control your expenses better than your competition. This is where you can always find the competitive advantage.
I try not to shoot unnecessarily or spend on extra expenses that normally happen on a film set - like actors' fees.
All the family money is for philanthropy, except for living expenses for my mother. She is 94 and isn't a big spender.
The Bible says we're to be moderate in all things. It's good to help others but not at the expense of your own family.
If we did not take great pains, and were not at great expense to corrupt our nature, our nature would never corrupt us.
A clergyman is one who feels himself called upon to live without working at the expense of the rascals who work to live.
When businesses face tough times, one of the first items they cut is overhead expenses. The government should do the same.
That is suitable to a man, in point of ornamental expense, not which he can afford to have, but which he can afford to lose.
My parents were able to pay our expenses, but not for education. We were encouraged to work hard in school and get scholarships.
I'm competitive with myself, not at the expense of everything around me. I never wanted to be a movie star. I just wanted to act.
Avoid getting wrapped up in things - especially status purchases - as these often come at the expense of people and relationships.
If we reduced the military expenses in 10 percent of the world, we would have enough money to save millions of lives in this world.
The U.S. is just in a class by itself in military expenses. It basically matches the rest of the world, and it's far more advanced.
Companies typically borrow money at less than their return on equity and therefore compound their return at the expense of lenders.
I understand the damage the expenses crisis has done to Parliament, and the paramount importance of restoring trust in our politics.
It’s a basic rule of humor that a joke is always at somebody’s expense. Really good jokes, however, tend to be at everyone’s expense.